Chapter 613 News from Miaoyu
This matter really needs to be carefully considered.
"Dad, do you think the Marquis has taken a fancy to my younger sister?" Shi Ci chuckled from behind Shi Nai, and Shi Si nodded. "Second Uncle, I'd say this is a good thing. Given how much the Marquis cares about my younger sister, she wouldn't have suffered any injustice if she were in his presence."
Shi Ding turned around and kicked each of them without hesitation, "You two idiots, get out of here!"
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In the tent, Jia Cong hadn't given it much thought. He had mentioned this to Shi Nai simply to urge the Shi family to be more cautious and seek a good family background. After all, Xiangyun's fate in the original novel was truly heartbreaking. In this life, he decided to let this girl live a life of wealth and happiness.
Although it was inappropriate for him as a junior to interfere in such matters, his status was high enough, so it would not be a problem for him to mention it to Shi Nai. He believed that the Shi family would not think too much about it.
After putting away Xiangyun's letter, Jia Cong stretched his body and calculated the time. It had been several months since the New Year.
Thinking of this, Jia Cong immediately took out paper and pen, but just as he was about to write, another guard came in.
"General, there is a secret letter from Chengdu Prefecture!"
Jia Cong raised his eyebrows. All the letters arrived together today?
After taking the letter from his personal guard and opening it, Jia Cong's eyes lit up. Before leaving Chengdu Prefecture for the expedition, Miaoyu had told him a lot about the general situation of Jiading Prefecture and even southern Xinjiang. This letter was also sent by Miaoyu, and it was a more detailed geological survey map of southern Xinjiang.
Especially in the areas of Qiongbu Prefecture and Wumeng Mountain, not only are many roads and terrains marked out, but the location of each tribe is also marked.
The biggest difficulty in conquering these places was that Daqian knew too little about this area. Not only was he not aware of the roads and terrain, but he was also very vague about what other tribes there were besides those major clans.
However, the introduction on the letter sent by Miaoyu was extremely detailed.
For example, there are the Baosai, Lianglin, and Adu tribes in the Qiongbu Prefecture; and in the Wumeng Mountain area, in addition to the Wumeng tribe, there are other large tribes such as Mahu, Yinian, Yixi, Mangbu, Atou, Wusa, and Bipan, including the locations of these tribes and the surrounding terrain and rivers.
It's no exaggeration to say that with these survey maps, if Jia Cong wants to attack southern Xinjiang, he will get twice the result with half the effort. In fact, this is more important than giving Jia Cong tens of thousands of soldiers.
In addition to these geological survey maps, there is a vague piece of news. It is said that about a month ago, Master Bailong appeared in the Chishui River area and it is very likely that he went to Qiandu.
The so-called Qiandu is the capital of the Luo family ghost kingdom. Compared with Qiongbu Prefecture and the Wumeng Mountains, the Luo family ghost kingdom is more mysterious to the Daqian people.
The Luo Ghost Kingdom lies east of the Wumeng Mountains, bordering Luzhou to the north, Dali to the south, and Zunyi and Juzhou to the east. Its territory is several times larger than the eight Wumeng tribes combined, making it a veritable kingdom within a kingdom. Furthermore, the Luo Ghost Kingdom is extremely xenophobic, mysterious, and terrifying. Even the people of the surrounding tribes rarely come into contact with the Luo Ghost Kingdom.
As for the strength of the Luo family ghost country, there are also many different opinions.
There is a legend that the Luo family ghost kingdom has ghost kings of all sizes, the Ten Kings of Hell, and millions of ghost soldiers. Anyone who enters the territory of the Luo family ghost kingdom will be devoured by evil spirits.
Of course, no one can tell the details.
"This Young Master Bailong is still harboring evil intentions," Jia Cong muttered to himself, his eyes narrowed. Furthermore, he truly admired this Young Master Bailong. It was mid-April, and a month he had been in Shima Town, the elite troops of the Western Hills were still there, and Shen Tumou hadn't surrendered. Yet, this man had foreseen that he could easily defeat these armies? Or was it simply a coincidence, a pre-emptive move?
After a while, Jia Cong shook his head helplessly. Although he had been mobilizing troops recently, Lu Feng's subordinates had not stopped their pursuit of Young Master Bailong.
He did ask Shen Tu Mou and others, but the information he got was very vague. He only said that there was such a person who called himself "Prince Bailong" and was on good terms with the Wumeng tribes. However, this person always had a ferocious and iron face, and his true face was unknown.
This man was extremely generous. It was said that when the various tribes in Qiongbu Prefecture sent troops, he provided a lot of military equipment, food and wages.
"Oh!" Jia Cong shook his head slightly. If he could find this person as soon as possible, it would be much easier to establish his rule in southern Xinjiang. But now that he couldn't find him, he couldn't pretend that he didn't know.
When the White Lotus Sect in Jiangnan happened, he did not interfere in the subsequent affairs. Now thinking about Wen Xing's identity, he must have been a trusted eunuch beside the late crown prince.
The man's body was taken over by the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Who knows what the royal family found out?
Perhaps the royal family already knew the true mastermind behind the White Lotus Sect. If so, why would no one secretly track down this White Dragon Prince?
If that was the case, he might as well just ignore the matter and leave it to the royal family. The more involved one became in royal affairs, the more tragic the death would be. He didn't want to get too deeply involved in such matters. After all, no matter what, that person was a royal heir, the grandson of the retired emperor. How could a foreign minister like him compare to him?
The royal family can show kindness to you, but you should not forget that the royal family has always had no relatives...
Putting the letter paper down, Jia Cong began to write letters to his family. It was not until midnight that he finished writing all the letters. After putting the letter paper away, Jia Cong thought for a while and wrote two more letters.
One of them was naturally to the Empress. Although there was a difference between the emperor and his subjects, as Jia Cong came into contact with the Empress, he could not help but think of her as his own elder. Now that he thought about it, apart from the New Year greetings, they had not been in touch for a long time. As for the other letter, it was to Miaoyu. The news Miaoyu sent this time provided him with great help, and a little gratitude was a proper courtesy.
Although Jia Cong still didn't know why Miaoyu came, at least she had never hindered him and even provided him with a lot of help. He could refuse her so-called kindness, but it was his fault for being rude.
It was almost the end of April, and the army, which had rested for more than ten days, had finally recovered to its best condition.
On April 28, he left some troops to garrison the city, and personally led 40,000 elite troops out of Longyou and headed south, straight towards Rune Town.
After one day's march, the army set up camp fifteen miles away from Fuwen Town. At the same time, Jia Cong sent two detachments to bypass the south of Fuwen Town and directly cut off the retreat route of the Wudeng troops.
